Episode 285: Jessica Hull – 4X NCAA Champion & Australian Record Holder X 3

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:37:42 +0000

Jess Hull is a 4-time NCAA Champion from Australia who ran for the Oregon Ducks throughout her collegiate career.

Signed with Nike after giving up her 5th year of eligibility and is now coached by Pete Julian. In 2019 she made the World Championships team in the 1500m for Australia and this summer she set 3 new Australian Records: 5,000m (14:43.80), 1500m (4.00.42), 3000m (8:36.03) and was officially selected for the Olympic team for Australia.

Jess ran under coach Maurica Powell (former guest on the show) for three of her four years in Oregon and in this episode we get to hear about that relationship and also get to hear about when she won the 1500m at the 2018 NCAA championships.

Photo Cred: Etianne Fiacre @etiennefiacre

What we talked about:

4:05- What this year looked like for Jess

6:15- What the qualification process is for the Australian Olympic team

7:55- Reflecting on her decision to turn professional with one year of eligibility left

10:55- Being coached by Maurica Powell and the decision to come to Oregon for college and be coached by her

16:00- The process of being recruited to schools in the United States/NCAA system

19:30- The hardest part about coming to the United States for college

22:00- The difference of opportunities for running in college in the United States vs Australia

23:35- What lead to her having a breakout year in college

25:30- How to cultivate trust with your coach

27:40- The transition when Maurica Powell took the coaching position at the University of Washington and Helen Lehman-Winters took over coaching at Oregon

36:00- The story of winning the 1500m national title

41:25- The process of deciding to sign with Nike and Stephen Haas as an agent

47:45- Her plans for the next few months of coming back to the states for training and the process of getting back to Australia during COVID

59:30- Her recent engagement

1:01:30- Officially being selected to the Australian Olympic team

1:06:20- End of podcast questions

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Episode 268: Maurica Powell – Director of Track & Cross Country at the University of Washington

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:08:46 +0000

Maurica Powell is Director of Track & Cross Country at the University of Washington. She specifically coaches the distance women’s team and her husband coaches the men. In 2018, Maurica coached the team to a 9th place finish which was the best finish for them since 2012. She is off to a great start helping develop athletes so well.

Prior to the University of Washington, she was the assistant coach at the University of Oregon where she helped the women’s cross country program go from not having qualified for the NCAA champions in 5 years to being the team NCAA runner ups in 2007 & 2008 and then becoming the national champion team in 2012 & 2016.

In 2016, Maurica was the NCAA Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. (wait until you hear her share about their team winning the Cross Country title that year!) In 2016 the team also went on to win the triple crown where Oregon won Cross country, indoor track & outdoor track national titles. During her time there she coached 6 track and field individual NCAA champions, 20 cross country All-Americans, and 79 track All Americans at Oregon. She coached some great runners during her time there including Jordan Hasay, Nicole Blood, Laura Roesler, Katie Rainsberger, Alexi Pappas, etc.

Prior to coaching, Maurica had great success in her own running- she was a 6 time state champion in track in Massachusetts, ran at Stanford and has top 10 all-time marks for Stanford in indoor 800, outdoor 800 & 1500m. She was also All-American in 2002 where she was 5th in the 1500m & indoor DMR (3rd).

In this episode, Maurica and I talk about her coaching career (of course!), how she recruits, how she talks with athletes about both the simple topics AND the hard topics. I appreciated Maurica’s honesty over the course of the conversation and left wanting to go grab a a margarita with her because her energy and her laugh were just so contagious.

Photo Cred: UW Athletics

What we talked about:

4:45- What Maurica has been up to

9:40- What the recruiting process looks like

13:45- When she knew that she wanted to become a coach

17:00- What she learned from coaching in the Ivy League

19:00- Her relationship with Coach Vin Lananna and what he taught her while coaching under him

23:00- Her evolution of growing into new coaching roles

25:25- Winning the 2016 cross country national championship

35:15- Working with the athletes to not let social media add pressure to them leading into races

40:35- How she individualizes training for each athlete

46:00- The process of transitioning to coaching at the University of Washington

52:00- What it’s like to coach with her husband, Andy Powell

55:40- How they manage travel schedules with having a family

1:01:50- How she helps cultivate healthy body image with her female athletes

1:15:15- How she helps athletes transition out of collegiate running

1:20:35- End of podcast questions

Show Notes:

Maurica’s Post race interview after the 2016 XC Championships

Video of 2016 Team finding out they won the XC Championships

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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